Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 248, Oct. T., 1919, by complainant, from order of the Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, No. 2311, 1918, in the case of the Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Company v. The Pennsylvania Utilities Company and The Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania on appeal. Complaint against' Pennsylvania Utilities Company on account of schedule of increased rates.
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Appeal, No. 248, Oct. T., 1919, by complainant, from order of the Public Service Commission, Complaint Docket, No. 2311, 1918, in the case of the Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Company v. The Pennsylvania Utilities Company and The Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania on appeal. Complaint against' Pennsylvania Utilities Company on account of schedule of increased rates. The charges in said schedule were alleged to be unjust and unreasonable, both on account of the amount charged and because of the insertion of a “Coal Clause” regulating the rates upon the varying price of coal. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
From the voluminous record accompanying this appeal we gather the following facts, which are practically without dispute except as stated, and which sufficiently indicate the nature of the questions presented for our determination:
The proceeding originated in a petition or complaint filed in August, 1918, with the Public Service Commission by the appellant. It detailed at length the nature and importance of the public service carried on by the complainant, an operating street passenger railway company, in the transportation of passengers, freight and United States mail. It…
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